Marwan Barghouti

Marwan Barghouti (6 June 1959-) was a Fatah leader and the founder of the Tanzim paramilitary group in Palestine.

Biography
Marwan Barghouti was born in Kobar, West Bank, Jordan on 6 June 1959, and he joined Fatah in 1974 at the age of 15. In 1976, he was arrested for terrorist activities, and he became a major leader of the PLO during the First Intifada in 1987. He became popular as the leader of the Tanzim armed branch of Fatah, and he was also a senior leader of the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades. In 2001, he survived an assassination attempt, and he was arrested in 2004 and sentenced to five life sentences. He was nicknamed "the Mandela of Palestine" for his prison activism, and he remained popular among the young guard of Fatah.